[GEMPAK #MXI-754730]: LDM / GEMPAK binaries

Hello Bruno,

When Unidata released GEMPAK 5.11.1 in December 2007, we produced binary 
builds. The majority of the support questions after that release were related 
to incompatibilities of the binaries with the system libraries. Sometimes, 
tracking down these issues was very time consuming. In most cases, building 
GEMPAK from source solved the issues related to binary builds.

After discussions with the Unidata User's Committee and Policy Committee, we 
decided that providing source only distributions in the future was warranted 
because:

- As operating systems move forward, the binary builds will likely become 
incompatible with newer libraries.

- The UPC does not have access to the wide range of systems that are currently 
being used in the GEMPAK community.

- The UPC does not have the resources to continually produce binary releases 
with each source change.

Both committees endorsed this action.



A source build on CentOS should be fairly straightforward.  If you are 
encountering compilation problems, please send a summary my way with a make.out 
build log attached and I will provide assistance.

Best,

Michael James
Unidata User Support





> Hi, I´m looking for binaries distribution for latest Gempak version,
> but I noticed that only the source code is available. I tried to build
> from source with no success.
> 
> Do you have the Linux/64 (CentOS) binaries?
> CentOS is OK, or you recommend any other Linux distribution?
> 
> I´m trying to install it on a VMware virtual machine, it´s possible?
> 
> Thanks a lot
> 
> --
> Bruno Marques
> AQUAMET Meteorologia, Projetos e Sistemas
> +55 (21) 9778-2007
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MXI-754730
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Open